From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Nov 4 23:36: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5678737B401 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 23:36:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 536AD43E77 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 23:36:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gA57ZxHX005177; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 08:36:00 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gA57ZxsW005172; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 08:35:59 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 08:35:59 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: "Thyer, Matthew" Subject: Re: HEADS UP, floppy installs desupported for 5.0 (fwd) Message-ID: <20021105083559.B5083@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <108E7D907871D6118B5000306E0189F85759A2@ednex504.dsto.defence.gov.au> <20021105002107.GA48239@dragon.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20021105002107.GA48239@dragon.nuxi.com>; from dev-null@NUXI.com on Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 04:21:07PM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.7-RC X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 04:21:07PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 10:34:05AM +1030, Thyer, Matthew wrote: > > I'd hope we can split the Alpha boot floppies even further to get around these kind of problems. > ... > > I'm not advocating this just to fix the Alpha problem... it would be a > > good move for any platform and would allow third parties to provide > > modules that could be used at install time. > > Where's the patch??? Or alternatively: get over it. DEC never intended to install any OS on an Alpha from floppy. In the dim dark past of Alpha a decision was made to use CDROMs for that. As long as a miniiso (or maybe a microiso if you wanted to optimise it further) is available why bother with floppies? W/ -- | / o / /_ _ FreeBSD core team secretary |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message